WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Office of Personnel Management plans to terminate its massive contracts with USIS, the major security clearance contractor targeted last month by a cyberattack, agency, ...

The story of U.S. Investigations Services and its rise and fall illustrates what a turbulent time private equity is having in the government market. Private equity in the government market has had a ...

Government background checker USIS blocked U.S. officials from fully probing the hack of more than 27,000 employee records on its network, according to the Office of Personnel Management. The top ...

The Justice Department on Wednesday accused United States Investigations Services (USIS), the private firm that also vetted Edward Snowden before he leaked documents about US spying efforts, of ...

U.S. Investigations Services may have found the only way to salvage the bulk of the remaining business and save the jobs of nearly 2,000 employees – selling its Global Security and Solutions business ...

This image taken from security cameras and released by the FBI on September 25, 2013, shows Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis moving through the hallways of Building #197 carrying the ...

USIS, the embattled Falls Church contractor, on Friday pushed back against criticism that it didn’t do enough to prevent a massive cyberattack and accused the federal government of neglecting to share ...

The company accused of taking shortcuts in hundreds of thousands of security background checks recently fired a manager for pressuring employees to work overtime without pay, according to a ...

A hacked background checker assailed for undercutting protections to boost its bottom line received high security marks from the government, even while the breach was ongoing, according to private ...

Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor, is seen during a news broadcast on a screen at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on June 16. Reuters A private company that conducted a background check in 2011 on ...

The company that conducted background checks on both NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis is under fire over a new administrative support contract with the U.S.

Update at 10:30 a.m. ET. The Office of Personnel Management is severing its ties with a private contractor that provides many of the security background checks for the U.S. government after the ...